Casimir effect in kappa deformed electrodynamics

We consider the quantization of a scalar κ-deformed field up to the point of obtaining an expression for its vacuum energy. The expression is given by the half sum of the field frequencies, as in the non-deformed case, but with the frequencies obeying the κ-deformed dispersion relation. We consider a set of κ-deformed Maxwell equations and show that for the purpose of calculating the Casimir energy the Maxwell field, as in the nondeformed case, behaves as a pair of scalar fields. Those results provide a foundation for computing the Casimir energy starting from the the half sum of field frequencies. A method of calculation starting from this expression is briefly described